Welcome detroit fire, i have rattled in texas and canada and had very good luck, very exciteing way to hunt, here in alabama our buck/doe ratio is so out of whack, that i have had very very limited success rattling, but a lot of times smaller bucks will come into investigate, and as soon as they think their gonna get their butts whipped their gone, the just don't hang around very long, maybe someone with more experience with the buck/doe ratio can explain it better, IMO there is not enough competition for the does when the ratio gets out of whack,,
also, i have readnot to do really agressive rattling, but here is what i found out onmy last trip to canada, the deer were not responding to the horns very good, well thur. of the week i was there i decided to really work the horns, i rattled as hard as i could for what seemed like 5 minutes (propably closer to 2 min.) and i thought my arms were going to falloff, as soon as i went to put the horns down big daddy shows up 60 yrds straight in front of me, steam blowing out of his nostrils, you could tell he had gotten there in a hurry, well he slowly walked to my left, just 10 feet from the clearing he needed to step into, for me to realize my bowhunting dream, well he shot his head straight up into the air, about the same time i felt a cold chill on my neck, i knew i was busted, by 10 stinkin feet, if i had used a gentle grunt when he first showed up i believe he would have walked straight to me, instead of circling me[:@], live and learn. best of luck.....but don't be afraid to really make some racket
